Computer Science stories
Apple has opened submissions for the 2026 Swift Student Challenge, inviting student developers worldwide to submit Swift app playgrounds by 28 February.
Finalists for the 2025 everywoman in Technology Awards spotlight women driving UK innovation in AI, cyber security and wider STEM careers.
AI is shrinking routine coding vacancies but boosting demand for developers who can design systems, integrate tools and think strategically.
WiseTech pledges AUD $8.7 million to keep Grok Academy's coding platform free for every school and student in Australia and New Zealand.
Aptitude tests have surged 54-fold in software hiring as AI shifts demand from coding syntax to problem-solving, judgement and core skills.
AMD maps 'yotta-scale' AI future with Helios platform, new chips across data centre to edge, and a USD $150m education pledge.
Agentic AI start-up Superbo wins strategic backing from Deep Capital to scale its Opero Suite and accelerate global expansion plans.
Swapping warships for Wi‑Fi, a young Navy engineer finds freedom, fresh tech and respect on the road as a Smart CT field specialist.
Sharing knowledge, not hoarding it, is the investment that multiplies confidence, opportunity and leadership for future generations.
Chinese student Zhou Jingkai wins TCS CodeVita, the world's largest coding contest, as 146,922 compete and a new Guinness record is set.
Babcock extends its AUT Women in Tech partnership for three more years, boosting mentoring and career pathways for women in STEM.
Bending Spoons unveils a EUR €1.5m fellowship, offering major scholarships and mentoring to top computer science students across Europe.
OpenAI has launched its Codex app for agent-based software development, with an Australian education provider integrating the tool into IT degrees.
Simon Fraser University and Caseway are building AI-ready court decision indexes to test if better legal search helps self-represented people.
Nokia and Hypertec have deployed the Nibi AI supercomputer at the University of Waterloo, boosting SHARCNET research capacity across Canada.
Sunderland expands its year-long Digital Careers support in schools, aiming to break barriers into a GBP £11.6 billion North East tech sector.
Digital Xtra awards nearly GBP £120,000 to 27 Scottish projects, helping over 2,000 young people build vital computing and digital skills.
More than 100 Oldham pupils built AI-powered prototypes in a 12-hour Hulme Grammar hackathon tackling school and community challenges.
Mobile security specialist Approov has opened a new Edinburgh New Town HQ as it targets global expansion and continued hiring into 2026.
Hulme Grammar School hosts a 12-hour hackathon uniting 100 pupils to tackle local challenges and help close the UK's GBP £27.6bn digital skills gap.